Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 15-01-2018
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it will demarche the Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States in Pretoria following the recent derogatory comments attributed to President Donald Trump.
Dirco says it will provide an opportunity to the Charges de Affaires to explain the statement that African countries, alongside Haiti and El Savador, constitute “s***holes” from where migrants into the United States are undesirable.
On Thursday Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “s***hole countries” in Africa.
Trump denied that he used the vulgar expression, saying “this was not the language used.”
Haiti says it is “deeply shocked and outraged” by Trump’s reported vulgar remark on migration calling it “racist.”
Dirco Clayson Monyela says Trump’s denial was not categorical, referring only to Haiti and not addressing the entirety of the statement attributed to him.
“South Africa aligns itself with the statements issued by the African Union and the Africa group of Ambassadors to the United Nations in New York. Africa is united in its affirmation of the dignity of the people of Africa and the African diaspora.”
Dirco says relations between South Africa and the United States, and between the rest of Africa and the United States, must be based on mutual respect and understanding.
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